Awww come on guys, so far the list is:
3 x AF flights
1 x plane to crash into the Vatican
Las Vegas and Los Angeles threatened
La Guardia terminal evacuated
Security everywhere up to maximum
Reports that Africa will be the launch pad for an attack by Hijacking.
Rumours of 'dirty bombs' being made ready.
and on and on it goes with Airbubba reporting every rumour and whisper.
Life cannot be run by responding to every bit of tittle tattle. I do wonder whether the current rash of alerts have anything to do with Bush and Blair trying to get an increasingly anti public over Iraq back on side.
Sure we cannot be complacent, but for heavens sake we have to have a more subjective way of grading the threat. Mind you the security services took such a kicking after 9/11 for not seeing the signs that I can have some sympathy for their reluctance to play down any threat.
Edited to remove last paragraph which was irrelevant and likely to divert the thread from topic.
Last edited by Danny; 28th Dec 2003 at 18:35.